European Stores Discounting Spring Items to Win Shoppers

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A logo stands above the entrance to a Next Plc store in Manchester, U.K., on Monday, April 1, 2013. U.K. retail sales unexpectedly stagnated in March in a sign that consumer spending remains under pressure from higher energy bills and weak wage growth. Photographer: Paul Thomas/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A logo stands above the entrance to a Next Plc store in Manchester, U.K., on Monday, April 1, 2013. U.K. retail sales unexpectedly stagnated in March in a sign that consumer spending remains under pressure from higher energy bills and weak wage growth. Photographer: Paul Thomas/Bloomberg via Getty Images

European Stores Discounting Spring Items to Win Shoppers

Bloomberg

Pedestrians pass an advertisement in the window of a Next Plc store in Manchester, U.K., on Monday, April 1, 2013. U.K. retail sales unexpectedly stagnated in March in a sign that consumer spending remains under pressure from higher energy bills and weak wage growth. Photographer: Paul Thomas/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pedestrians pass an advertisement in the window of a Next Plc store in Manchester, U.K., on Monday, April 1, 2013. U.K. retail sales unexpectedly stagnated in March in a sign that consumer spending remains under pressure from higher energy bills and weak wage growth. Photographer: Paul Thomas/Bloomberg via Getty Images

European Stores Discounting Spring Items to Win Shoppers

Bloomberg

A pedestrian passes a sale sign in the window of a Hobbs store in Manchester, U.K., on Monday, April 1, 2013. U.K. retail sales unexpectedly stagnated in March in a sign that consumer spending remains under pressure from higher energy bills and weak wage growth. Photographer: Paul Thomas/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A pedestrian passes a sale sign in the window of a Hobbs store in Manchester, U.K., on Monday, April 1, 2013. U.K. retail sales unexpectedly stagnated in March in a sign that consumer spending remains under pressure from higher energy bills and weak wage growth. Photographer: Paul Thomas/Bloomberg via Getty Images